I don't mind Refs throwing T's when players curse them out or swing their arms at them (as the new rule states). However, I have issue when a player getting a T when the player is not targeting the ref, is trying to walk away and has a momentary burst but is moving on. OJ Mayo's T from the other night comes to mind. Dwight got a T for yelling "He is grabbing my arm man". The refs are to manage the game not influence it which has been what happens with this calls/no-calls and these quick T's. Officiating has to much of a hand in the game in my opinion.

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Did Joey tell him he couldn't speak to the refs if he wanted to avoid a tech or something? That's only reason I could see for him calling it from the other side of the court without being able to hear anything said..

lakersin4 wrote:Did Joey tell him he couldn't speak to the refs if he wanted to avoid a tech or something? That's only reason I could see for him calling it from the other side of the court without being able to hear anything said..

it doesn't matter. Kobe is a team captain he is allowed to talk to the refs at anytime. Doesn't mean he can yell at them or anything like that but he can talk to them which is what he was doing.

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^from what I understood Kobe was nowhere near Joey. I think James said, Joy saw Kobe moving his arms and thought he was being aggressive with the other ref so he T'd him. Im not 100% on that because It cut away as Kobe was looking back. At the time the TWC feed showed Kobe talking to the other official and then Kobe walked away. There was nothing in the conversation that was animated. All of a sudden you here a whistle far enough away from Kobe that he didn't react initially. That says a lot.

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